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In the spirit of the What is a Word™/Phrase™ series started by JLee, a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.

If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a Workman Word™.
Use the examples below to find the rule.

Workman Words™ Not Workman Words™
LONE WOLF
FUEL TANK
PEE URINE
FUNNY JOKE
CONVEYING FEELINGS
THRASH BIN
ENJOY LIFE
INVOKE SPELL
STRAW LAST
HARD CORE

The CSV version:

Workman Words™,Not Workman Words™
LONE,WOLF
FUEL,TANK
PEE,URINE
FUNNY,JOKE
CONVEYING,FEELINGS
THRASH,BIN
ENJOY,LIFE
INVOKE,SPELL
STRAW,LAST
HARD,CORE

These are not the only examples of Workman Words™; many more exist.

What is the special rule these words conform to?

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  • $\begingroup$ CSV is separated by only commas, not commas and spaces. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values $\endgroup$
    – anon
    Nov 26, 2018 at 18:12
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    $\begingroup$ Did you mean to leave the hint blank? It would be better not to put the hint in that case, because people will be unable to see whether you add a hint without mousing over it each time. That is a cognitively bad habit. $\endgroup$
    – piojo
    Nov 27, 2018 at 4:52
  • $\begingroup$ Unless an empty hint is in itself a hint? $\endgroup$
    – Yessoan
    Nov 27, 2018 at 6:01
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    $\begingroup$ @piojo I used a template I saved from before, deleted. $\endgroup$
    – bolt997
    Nov 27, 2018 at 13:53
  • $\begingroup$ @NicHartley; like what it says here: with the records divided into fields separated by delimiters (typically a single reserved character such as comma, semicolon, or tab; sometimes the delimiter may include optional spaces),? $\endgroup$
    – JMP
    Nov 27, 2018 at 13:59

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I believe...

They're words that can be typed on keys touching one another in a Workman keyboard layout (Pic from Wikipedia):

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In contrast, all the non-Workman words don't form an unbroken line on it.

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